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Arts Connect Houston (ACH), a partner organization of Mid-America Arts Alliance, announced today that Jack McBride will serve as its new executive director. In this position, McBride will identify strategic alignments and opportunities to expand access to arts education for…

Four months following approval by Houston City Council, 62 Houston arts and cultural organizations learned that their requested funding, up to $100,000, was approved. The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) was able to accomplish this effort in collaboration with…

On her tippiest of tiptoes, she reaches over the mosaic waves of the Nueces River, past a field of sun-dappled blanket flowers and butterflies, just downstream from a large live oak, and less than a foot away from a howling…

Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is celebrating its 50th year of ensuring more art for more people—strengthening and supporting artists, cultural organizations, and communities throughout our region and beyond. Founded in 1972, M-AAA has awarded grants to artists and arts organizations,…

Mid-America Arts Alliance Publishes “Connections Multiply” A Digital Report Chronicles Impact of Engage Program To mark ten years of capacity building with small to mid-size arts and culture organizations in Houston, Texas, Mid-America Arts Alliance has launched a digital report…

Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) is celebrating its 50th year of ensuring more art for more people—strengthening and supporting artists, cultural organizations, and communities throughout our region and beyond. Founded in 1972, M-AAA has awarded grants to artists and arts organizations,…

Mid-America Arts Alliance is celebrating its fiftieth year of ensuring more art for more people—strengthening and supporting artists, cultural organizations, and communities throughout our region and beyond. Founded in 1972, M-AAA has awarded grants to artists and arts organizations, helped…

Forgotten Stories, a poetry series This new series presents new works by poets from Mid-America Arts Alliance’s region. New poems will premiere on the first Friday of each month, playing audibly from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. each day from…

Houston Engage looks back on a decade of programming. Engage Houston was a professional development program for small to midsize organizations in the Texas counties of Harris, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller. Launched in 2011, Engage…

M-AAA’s Engage program seeks to serve a community’s small to mid-sized arts and culture organizations through coaching, workshops, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities. After completing Engage, organizations are better equipped to serve their audiences and succeed financially. Read more about the…